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SOUTHERN STANDARD -.M-MlNNVILLi-. TENNESSEE. SATURDAY, JULY 4,
1801
what is
SCROFULA
It Is that imimrity in the Wood, which, ac
cumulating in tlio glunds of tlie neck, pro
duces unsightly lumps or swellings; which
causes painful running sores on tho arms,
legs, or fect; which devclopcs ulcers In the
eyes, ears, or note, often causing blindness or
deafness; which Is tho origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or tho many other manifesto
tions usually ascribed to "humors;" which,
fastening upon tho lungs, causes consumption
and death. Being tho most ancient, It Is tho
most general of all diseases or affections, for
very few persons are eutirely freo from it.
How Can
It Do
CURED
By taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkablo euros It has accomplished,
often when other medicines have failed, has
proven itself to be a potent and peculiar
. medicine for this disease. Some of these
cures are really wonderful. If you suffer from
scrofula, be sure to try Ilood's Sarsaparilla.
" My daughterMary was afflicted with scrof
ulous sore Deck from the time she was 22 months
old till she becamo six years of age. Lumps
formed in her neck, and ono ot them after
' growing to the size of a pigeon's egg, beeame
a running sore for over three years. We gave
her Hood's Sarsaparilla, when the lump and
all indications of scrofula entirely dis
appeared, and now she seems to bo a healthy
child." J. 8. Cahmle, Nauright, N. J.
N.B. Be sure to get only
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold br all druggUU. Jl ;li for J J. Trepuedonlr
by C. L HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mui.
100 Doses One Dollar
HcHinmiLE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly by Mead dc Ritchey.
Office Southern Standard,
McMinnville, July 3 1891.
Very little activity now in any
kind of Country produce. The wea
ther is unfovorable for eggs and
poultry, especially eggs. The bot
tom ha3 droped out of egt;s. They
are quoted dull at Cc. in Nashville
from first hands. The weather is too
warm to handle them with safety.
Nothing favorable to report about
dried fruit. Large crops reported
everywhere, and no dealer wants to
buy now. As yet we can not quote
reliable or satisfactory prices. We
can only say to dealers that they
must begin on low prices and be
their own judges until something
definite is known, which may be
sometime yet. Blackberries it
seems will hardly be worth drying
as they kare going out of use.
California dried grapes have taken
their place.
Wheat, $ bushel uew, 90 old, $1.10
Corn; bushel to 80
Flour, barrel $4.50 to $5.50
Meal, $ bushel 80 to 90
Oats, ft " 30
rssa, ft dozen to
Butter, ft lb 8 to 10
Hens, ft lb 5
Spring Chickens 10 to 13
Ducks i. 5
Turkeys, ft lb 6
Ginseng, ft lb ; to 2,50
Beeswax, ft lb 21
Feathers, ft lb 35 to 38
Tallow, ft lb
Green Hides, ft lb 2 to 3
Wool, unwashed, ft lb 20 to 23
" tub washed, 30 to 35
Mock Peas, ft bushel. $1.10
White Beans, ft bushel 1
Dried Apples.ft lbs
Peelings and coreB
" Peaches, ft
" Blackberries, to 7
Green Apples, per bushel 05 to 75
NASHVILLE MARKET REPORT.
Corrected from the Nashville American
every Thursday evenine.
Wheat, from wagons, 70 (3) 85
om tiUtc
Oats 53 to ")5
Hay, prime timothy, per ton. . $5.1)0 to $16
iJriert Apples 10 to 11
lined reaches, halves
" quarters
Dried Blackberries 5
Feathers, prime 25(f'42
Ginseug, dry to $2.50
nutter 1
Eg? to
Chickens, frying
" heus
Irish Potatoes, scedper bbl $1.7g
Wool, unwashed 21to2
' tub-washed, 27 to32
Tennessee Peaches.
Nashville Herald.
mat me growing of peacnes in
Tennessee is a remunerative business
is show n in the case of Mr. J. R
lioot, who nas nis orchards near
town on the Murfrcesboro turnpike
Of the Beatrice variety, a most deli
cutely flavored peach, coming into
market early in June and lasting dur
ing the month, ho 1ms this season
sold from a small orchard over
bushels.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.
A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eye;
Totter, Salt Eheum. Scald Head, 01
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema
it.cn, iraino fecratcb.es. feoro tipples
:md Tiles. It is cooling and soothing
Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed.
It is put up in 23 and CO cent boxes.
For Sale By Ritchey & Eostick.
Immediate,
'"Hed-Ake."
harmless Preston'
WASHINGTON.
Washington', I). C. June 2'J, '91.
iMiat Mr. Ilnrrison has ever had the
ightest intention of agreeing to
any system of reciprocity that theCa
nadian Government would accept is
not believed by those in positions to
now his real opinions on this sub
ject ; therefore it is not surprising to
lear that the informal consultation
which was sometime ago set for next
October may not take place at all.
t is alleged that the administration
feels greatly offended at the publica
tion in an English "Blue Book" of
its part in this Canadian reciprocity
business, which it claims the repre
sentatives of Canada had agreed
should be confidential (until some
definite agreement was reached, and
that isn't all. It is also'claimed that
Mr. Blaine and the administration
are greatly misrepresented in the
aforesaid "Blue Book," which states
that the first overtures for reciprocity
came from Mr. Blaine. It doesn't
much matter which side is right in
the present controversy, but it looks
very much as if it was to be made
he excuse for putting au end to even
the limited prospects of Canadian re
ciprocity that have existed. But no
body need be surprised, as it was
never intended that the conference
should be anything but a meaning-
ess farce. , Tho right sort of a reci
procity treaty with Canada would
doubtless prove beneficial! to both
countries, but there is not much
probability of our getting such a
treaty until there Is a change of ad
ministration.
This very American administra
tion has contracted for eight gun car
riages of Russian pattern at $11,500
each, to mount the twelve-inch
breech-loading mortars intended for
harbor defense upon.
Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, has
been here appealing to Mr. Harrison
to help him in his efforts to get re
turned to the Senate'. It is said that
le offered in return for the help
asked for, to guarantee that Nebras-
a would send a solid Harrison dele
gation to the next republican con'
vention. Mr. Harrison was non
committal, for several reasons. He
has not forgiven Mr. Paddock for the
part he took in defeating the Force
bill at the last session of Congress, but
that wasn't his principal reason for
not committing himself to the Sen
ator's support at this time. It has
been stated to him that ex-Senator
Van Wyck,who is in the field against
Paddock, is strong enough to divide
the delegation if not to be elected to
the Senate and he wants time to find
out, as his programme is not to an
tagonize anybody strong enough to
control even a part cf any state dele
gation to the next republican con
vention.
Democrats will certainly have no
reason to blame the National Com
mittee, if they do not this year win
in every State where there is a fight
ing chance for the party. Senator
Gorman, whose headquarters are to
be here, is to take charge of the Na
tional Committee during Senator
Brice's abscence in Europe, and he
proposes to work largely in conjunc
tion with and through the Nationa
Association ot Democratic Clubs, at
the headquarters of which Hon
Chauncey F. Black, president, and
Lawrence Gardner, Secretary, wil
be permanently located. Notwith
standing its being an off, year, Sena'
tor Gorman will make the fight ag
gressive from the jump and the ofii
cials of the Association of Clubs wil
carry out his orders and second his
efforts in all directions, and it only
remains for the rank and file of the
party to become imbued with the
same spirit to make victory certain
in every State that is not hopelessly
republican, and few of them are that
way since the people have begun to
wake up to the enormities of the re
publican tariff system.
The administration is trying hard
to trim on the silver question by put
ting off until too late to have any ef
fect this year's campaigns, its decis
ion as to whether any portion of the
silver bullion purchased monthly
under the silver act of the billion
dollar Congress shall bo coined; the
act provides that it be discretionary
with the Secretary of the Treasury
whether any of it shall be coined. It
has also deferred its decision as to
what rate of interest shall be pai
on the lour-and-a-half per cent bonds
which are to bo extended, but there
is little doubt that the Wall Street
command of 2 per cent will in the
end be obeyed.
Ex-Senator Ingalls delivered a lec
ture at the Glen Echo Chautauqua
near Washington, today. He has
been here three days, but some bow
or other he lias entirely forgotten to
call on the occupant of the White
louse.
Representative Mills, Crisp and
McMillin, the three most prominent
candidates for Speaker of the House,
have all accepted invitations to de-
ver addresses to the Tammany so
ciety of New York on July 4.
GIRLS' NAMES.
Frances is "unstained and free:"
Bertha "pellucid. purely bright;"
Clara, "clear" as the crystal sea;
Lucy, a star of radiant "light;" '
Catharine is "pare" as the mountain air;
Henrietta, a soft, swoet "star;"
Felicia Ib a "happy girl;"
Matilda 1b a "lady true;"
Margaret is a shining "pearl;"
Kubecca,"with the faithful few;" ,
Susan isa'lilywhlt.;"
June has the willt's curve and "grace;"
Cecilia, dear, "is dim ot sight;"
Sophia shows "wisdom on her face;"
Constanco is Arm and "resolute;"
Grace, delicious, "favor meet;"
Clmrlotte, "noble, good repute;"
Harriet, a flno "odor sweet;"
Isabella is a "lady rare;"
Luctuda, "constant as the day;"
Marie means "a lady fair;"
A blgal, "Joyful" as a May;
Elizabeth, "an oath of trust;"
Adella,"nlce princess, prond;"
Agatha "is truly good and Just;"
Letit ia, "a Joy avowed ; "
3 emlma, "a soft sound in the air;
Caroline, "a sweet spirit hale;"
Cornelia, "harmonious and fair;"
Sell na, "a sweet nightingale ; "
Ljdla,"a refreshing well;"
Judith, "a song of sacred praise;"
Tulla, "a Jewel none excel;
Priscllla, "ancient of days. "
A FAT NAN'S AMBITION.
John Craig 'Weighs 973 Pounds and Is
Anxious to Add 35 to It.
Some men travel on their nerve, some
on their Bhape. John Harmon Craig
travels on his size, says the Kansas City
Star.
Before his recent visit to wonderland,
in this city, John had traveled more than
400,000 miles. It is a long journey, but
John has much size.
The floor over which John may choose
to walk must be prepared to withstand a
strain of 975 pounds. Nevertheless he
cats and sleeps regularly and conse-
quently is healthy. His ambition is to
weigh 1,000 pounds, which would shatter
the records of both historical and myth
ological heavy weights. He thinks lie
will do it shortly, unless his anxiety to
do so retards his growth.
"It has been the law with people of ab
normal weight and size," said Mr. Craig
during his recent exhibition here, "to be
Bhort lived and subject to violent attacks
of illness. I am the only one who has
enjoyed throughout life perfect health. "
Craig has accumulated several fortunes
and lost two or three in an attempt to
run a circus, lie yet possesses a bank
account well proportioned to his own
size, uesiaes being a rat man he is a
Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow, and
United Workman, Those who know
him bpst say that he is also a regular
bureau of charity.
He was bom in Iowa City, Iowa, and w
555 years old. 'At birth he weighed 11
pounds. At 11 months he weighed 77
pounds, and at the age of 2 years he
weighed 206 pounds. He was the biggest
baby in the world for his age, and cap
tured the $1 ,000 cash prize offered by Bar-
num in 1858. For the next two years he
traveled in Europe. When he returned
he weighed 800 pounds, and a year later
he weighed 405 pounds. When 25 years
old he weighed 625 pounds.
There is a Mrs. Craig and a Mr. Craig,
Jr. Mrs. Craig is a blonde, 24 years of
age, and weighs 117 pounds. They met
for the first time in St. Joseph m 1884,
when Craig was on exhibition there. It
was a case of love at first sight for both,
and in less than a week after the meeting
matrimonial negotiations had ended sue
cessfully. They were married in Fort
Scott, Kan., two weeks later.
Craig's father weighed 117 pounds, his
mother 125 pounds.
Impure Water.
Comparatively few persons have ever
seen absolutely pure water. Even rain
water, which is the nearest common ap
proximation to it, is far from reaching
the absolute standard, and though it i:
good for washing, not many persons
would care to drink it. Spring water i:i
popularly supposed to be pure, but it al
ways contaius more or less earthy or sa
line substances. Indeed, the value of
most springs is due to this fact.
The ocean itself is a huge spring, cou
taining not only salt, but many other
minerals in solution. The Dead Sea is
charged with such elements almost to
saturation. Only distilled water is pure.
By distillation sea water itself is ren
dered drinkable, though not pleasant.
As sand consists largely of silex, which
M ater at the ordinary temperature does
not dissolve, the water of a sandy region
is coin parti vely pure. The " hard " water
of other regions is due to earthy matter
held in solution. This earthy matter,
however, is seldom harmful to those who
drink iU
Impure water, in the medical sense of
tho word, is water that contains in
fectious microbes. Water, as such,
never contains these ; nor does any form
of simple impurity ever give rise to
them, though it may greatly facilitate
their multiplication.
Every case of infectious disease implies
a previous case, and when water is in
fected it is because infected secretions
have in some way entered it, having leea
thrown upon the ground and thence
carried to the well or spring, or river
which supplies the family or community.
It should be remenilx'red that the
deeper the well the larger the area from
which the rainwater linds its way into
it. No discharges or other secretions
from the room of a sick person should bo
thrown on tho ground or buried in it,
within at least 100 feet of the well.
But water which is drank is not the
only source of danger. Many a wide
spread and fatal epidemic lias been
traced to milk from dairies where the
pans had been washed in impure water,
o.- the milk itself adulterated with it.
MOISPOED cSs BILES,
JVHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, GROCERIES,
AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Agents for the Buckeye Mower, Star Thresher, Empire aid Kentucky Gruin Drills,
Giant Cane Mills, Tennessee Wagons, and Spring Wagons.
A large stock of Stoves, Plowo, Iron, Taints,
MORFORD & BILES, old stand. We buy
The Golden Harvest Stove is the Host Stove Made.
MILBURN, OLD
Mvfcebll. Wagons
The "Boss" Cart, Buggies, Etc.,
ALWAYS IN STOCK AND FOR SALE BY
THE McMINNVlLLE HARDWARE CO.,
-DEALERS IN-
Hardware I
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Cutlery, Stoves,JPaints,
Guns, Tinware, Etc.
Opera House Block, McMIXXVILLE, TEXX
f b -A-hstik:
-DEALER IN-
STOVES, TINWARE and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, O
' MANUFACTURER OF
O TIN, SHEET IRON and COPPER WARE.
I have now on hand a large stock of
Cooking and Heating Stoves,
which I will sell cheap for Cash, or
ExfapiorfaorliifCallk
ANTI-RUST TINWARE
A SPECIALTY.
McHINNVILLE . )';
v Contracting and Building Co,, :
This Company is composed of four competent ami skilled workmen, and we solicit
orders for all kinds of buiklini; and carpenter work. Those wanting any work in our
line done, either by day or contract, will find it to their interest to consult us before
.. . .'. .'. placing their orders. .'.
-t-Good Work, Square Dealings. Low Prices,
Come and see us. New Shop on Oak Street, between Spring and College.
McMinnville Contracting & Building Co.
r
PHOTS
ROAD CARTS
BUGGIES.
JONES BROS.
DEALERS IX
Dry Goods Groceries,
CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.
We carry a well selected line of General Merchandise, and sell
STRICTLY FOR CASH.
Thus we are enabled to giye our customers the beucGt of the
LOWEST PEICES.
We will make it to your interest to -rive ns your trade. JOXES BROS,
i:st Main Street. .MeMIXNXII.T.E, TEXN,
Bacon, Sugar, Cyfl'ee, etc., always on hand at
with Cash from first hands for small piofits.
HICKORY, AND
Sroeiriis
5
Glass and Queensware,
Z3 p tj sz
Take your buggy, carriage, wagon a:;l
farm implements of all kinds to
GARTNER'S SHOP,
and have them
REPAIRED V3 PAINTED.
(lone Promptly and Cheaply.
J. P. GARTNER,
bnring Street, McMinnville, Tenn.